Story+2007-12-02+Mannheim,+Germany

“Mannheim! (crowd cheers) is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers)…”
 * 02.12.07 Mannheim, Germany, intro to “Radio Nowhere”**

“Guten Abend, Mannheim! (crowd cheers) wie geht es euch? (crowd cheers) gut…good to see you…oh, back home over the past six years we´ve had to stand by and see the truth get twisted into lies and lies get twisted into truth and the wheel history turn ´round and´round…and, uh, this is a song called “Magic” (some cheers) but I tell the folks every night it´s really about tricks…”
 * 02.12.07 Mannheim, Germany, intro to “Magic”**

“Woo!...good evening, Mannheim! (crowd cheers) we´re so glad to be here in your beautiful city tonight (crowd cheers)...this is a song called “Livin´ in the Future”…but it´s about what´s happening now …back at home for us…about how along with all the things that we love about where we come from, over the past six years we´ve had to add to the American picture things like rendition, illegal wiretapping and the rolling-back of civil liberties, no right to defend yourself against charges in court – these are things that people thought would never happen in America, this is a song about sleeping through changes that you never thought you´d live to see …Max!...”
 * 02.12.07 Mannheim, Germany, intro to “Livin´ in the Future”**

“Thanks, thank you…oh, thank you, I wanna thank everyone for coming to the show, thank you very much, danke (crowd cheers) alright, dieser Song ist für der Deutschen Mädchen (crowd cheers) Mädchen! (crowd cheers) Mädchen! (crowd cheers) und eine in New Jersey (chuckles)…”
 * 02.12.07 Mannheim, Germany, intro to “Girls in Their Summer Clothes”**

“Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays from the E Street Band! (crowd cheers)…oh, do you believe in Santa Claus out there? (crowd cheers)…”
 * 02.12.07 Mannheim, Germany, intro to “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”**

“Happy Holidays from the E Street Band!...”
 * 02.12.07 Mannheim, Germany, end of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”**

“Garry W.Tallent (crowd cheers) Steve Van Zandt (crowd cheers) Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) the mighty, Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) sitting in for Dan Federici, Mr. Charles Giordano (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) Patti Scialfa sends her best…and Mr. Clarence Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers) Mannheim!... you´ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, earth-shocking, hard-rocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band”)…”
 * 02.12.07 Mannheim, Germany, middle of “American Land”**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//